Cheryl Hopkins, LMFT

Cheryl Hopkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 40 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, work through relationship challenges, cope with grief, and navigate parenting concerns. Her approach is respectful and compassionate, aimed at supporting people taking the first steps toward change.

Cheryl listens closely and adapts the conversation to each person’s needs. She focuses on practical skills and clearer communication so daily life feels more manageable. Sessions often include exercises to notice thoughts and feelings, and to try new behaviors between meetings.

Her background spans many types of family and life transitions, including adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver strain, and aging concerns. She also supports people facing forgiveness, guilt, infidelity, addiction, and isolation. That experience informs realistic, down-to-earth strategies clients can use right away.

Cheryl uses a mix of well-known methods such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused approaches. She tailors those methods to what each person needs instead of following a one-size-fits-all plan. The result is a collaborative process focused on achievable changes.

People who choose her often want steady, experienced guidance and clear tools for coping. She emphasizes small steps that add up over time, and she aims to make therapy a practical part of everyday life rather than a vague ideal.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Cheryl uses acceptance and commitment work to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. That approach supports people who feel stuck or conflicted about life changes and midlife decisions.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. CBT-style work is useful for anxiety, stress, and practical problem solving in day-to-day life.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session options are offered before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let people use phone or lower-bandwidth connections for times when video is difficult.

Talk with the therapist about how sessions can be scheduled to suit your routine and what to expect from the first few meetings. That way the work can be tailored to your life and goals.